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[Bunthorne] When I go out of door,
Of damozels a score
(All sighing and burning,
And clinging and yearning)
Will follow me as before.

I shall, with cultured taste,
Distinguish gems from paste,
And "High diddle diddle"
Will rank as an idyll,
If I pronounce it chaste!

[Both] A most intense young man,
A soulfuleyed young man,
An ultrapoetical, superaesthetical,
Outoftheway young man!

[Grosvenor] Conceive me, if you can,
An ev'ryday young man:
A commonplace type,
With a stick and a pipe,
And a halfbred blackandtan;
Who thinks suburban "hops"
More fun than "Monday Pops,"
Who's fond of his dinner,
And doesn't get thinner
On bottled beer and chops.

[Both] A commonplace young man,
A matteroffact young man,
A steady and stolidy, jolly Bankholiday,
Everyday young man!

[Bunthorne] A Japanese young man,
A blueandwhite young man,
Francesca di Rimini, miminy, piminy,
Jenesaisquoi young man!

[Grosvenor] A Chancery lane young man,
A Somerset House young man,
A very delectable, highly respectable
Threepennybus young man!

[Bunthyorne] A pallid and thin young man,
A haggard and lank young man,
A greeneryyallery, Grosvenor Gallery,
Footinthegrave young man!

[Grosvenor] A Sewell and Cross young man,
A Howell and James young man,
A pushing young particle, "What's the next article?",
Waterloo House young man!

Conceive me, if you can,
A matteroffact young man,
An alphabetical, arithmetical,
Every day young man!

Conceive me, if you can,
A matteroffact young man,
An alphabetical, arithmetical,
Every day young man!

By Arthur Sullivan
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Patience No. 18
Lyrics
Grosvenor
Bunthorne
Right Hand
Left Hand
Tempo